String.fromCharCode()

[CerfurMark]

Hello,

I am trying to use String.fromCharCode(keyCode) from the DOMAPI. The following code seems to work:

local s = window.String.new("abc")
print(s:charCodeAt(1))

98

But String.fromCharCode() is a static global and my attempts at calling this function have all failed:
window.String.fromCharCode(65) -> Attempt to call non-function
window.String:fromCharCode(65) -> Attempt to call non-function
window.extract() String.fromCharCode(65) -> Attempt to call non-function
window.extract() String:fromCharCode(65) -> Attempt to call non-function
window.String.fromCharCode(window.String, 65) -> Attempt to call non-function

Can you help me out?

Thank you.

[CerfurMark]

Update: The Lua code string.char(65) seems like it will work for my purposes, but I'm still hoping to learn how to call String.fromCharCode(65).

[paulcuth]

Hi,

Cheers for this. You're right, it is a bug. I'll look into a fix and get back to you tomorrow.

Paul.

[paulcuth]

It wasn't adding static methods to constructor functions. This has now been fixed in 1ee194a.

As fromCharCode() is a static method, the best way to use it would be:

String.fromCharCode(65)

As I'm sure you're aware, string.char(65) was working because it's part of the Lua standard library in the VM and not part of the DOMAPI extension.